Example sentences of "[noun prp] he had [vb pp] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He first began to think about the repercussions of such hard commercial decisions in 1971 , and by the time that he 65 became chairman of British Steel upon the untimely death of Lord Melchett he had formulated a way to ease the hardship . |
| 2 | On leaving Powell Street he had lit a cigarette and within seconds a disembodied voice was booming at him to extinguish it and at the next station put it out the door on to the track . |
| 3 | He emphasised the need for devotional discipline and training in holiness , and added that in West Africa he had introduced a choir practice on every day of the working week . |
| 4 | Duckworth recounted how in Palestine he had met a scribe whose craftsmanship had weakened with age and so was only permitted to make copies of the ‘ writings ’ a part of the O.T . |
| 5 | As soon as he had received news of the death of Professor Khan he had requested a meeting with the Chairman of the Revolutionary Command Council , at the Chairman 's earliest convenience . |
| 6 | He boasted of the fact that in Egypt he had caught a disease of love from some five-sou courtesan . |
| 7 | In early September he had won a promise from India that anti-Bhutan activity would not be allowed by ethnic Nepalese who had fled Bhutan to West Bengal and Assam . |
| 8 | One day , soon after he had retired from his legal practice , Hilbert told Lewis he had made a will that was ‘ very much to your advantage ’ . |
| 9 | In Rhodes he had seen a lot of her , right up to her thigh , and Nicholas was right : he was pea-green with envy . |
| 10 | With Chris he had known a joy he had never dreamed of . |